I did a Youtube meeting with the Scotonomics team of Kairin van Sweeden and William Thomson last night, roaming over a whole range of green and Scottish political issues. This is the video:
My thanks to Kairin and William for having me on a second time.
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Richard-this was a very interesting discussion. There was one point that you made which surprised me which was that you don’t believe in Degrowth. I know that you have referenced Jason Hickel in the past and he argues strongly that we need to decouple ourselves from growth in GDP in his book More is Less. At a rate of 3% in global terms we double the rate of consumption every 23 years. I am very interested to hear a clarification of your views on this subject. Many thanks
I believe in reducing consumption
But my suggestion was that does not mean that we need to stop doing more for each other
My suggestion is we can do more with less carbon
I was trying to communicate that point in the discussion – sorry if I failed
Sorry- Hickel’s book is of course LESS IS MORE and not the other way round. Thankyou for your response